دونا

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Arabic

Verb

دونا (form II)

  1. دَوَّنَا (dawwanā) /daw.wa.naː/: third-person masculine dual past active of دَوَّنَ (dawwana)
  2. دَوَّنَّا (dawwannā) /daw.wan.naː/: first-person plural past active of دَوَّنَ (dawwana)
  3. دُوِّنَا (duwwinā) /duw.wi.naː/: third-person masculine dual past passive of دَوَّنَ (dawwana)
  4. دُوِّنَّا (duwwinnā) /duw.win.naː/: first-person plural past passive of دَوَّنَ (dawwana)
  5. دَوِّنَا (dawwinā) /daw.wi.naː/: second-person dual imperative of دَوَّنَ (dawwana)

Bakhtiari

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Etymology

From the Persian verb دونستن (dunestan), from Middle Persian YDOYTWN-stn' (dānistan), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ānáHti, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti.

Pronunciation

Noun

دونا (transliteration needed)

  1. knowing
    خدا دونا
    khoda downa.
    God knows.
  2. smart
    کر دونای
    kowr e downa ye.
    He is a smart boy.

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Inherited from Apabhramsa दूण (dūṇa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Prakrit 𑀤𑀼𑀉𑀡 (duuṇa), 𑀤𑀺𑀉𑀡 (diuṇa), from Sanskrit द्विगुण (dviguṇa).

Adjective

دُوݨا (dūṇā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਦੂਣਾ)

  1. double, twice

Further reading

  • شِیراز ،طاہِر (2016) “دُونڑاں”, in شِیراز اُلُّغات: پوٹھوہارِی لُغَت [śīrāz ulluġāt: poṭhohārī luġat, Pothohari Dictionary] (in Urdu), Peshawar: گَنْدھارا ہِنْدْکو اَکیڈْمِی (gandhārā hindko akeḍmī) , →ISBN, page 297, column 2.

Urdu

Urdu numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: دو (do)
    Ordinal: دُوسْرا (dūsrā), دُوجا (dūjā), دُوَم (duvam)
    Multiplier: دُگْنا (dugnā), دوگُنا (dogunā), دُہْرا (duhrā)
    Distributive: دُونا (dūnā)
    Collective: دونوں (donõ)
    Fractional: آدھا (ādhā), نِصْف (nisf), نیم (nem)

Etymology

Inherited from Apabhramsa दूण (dūṇa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Prakrit 𑀤𑀼𑀉𑀡 (duuṇa), 𑀤𑀺𑀉𑀡 (diuṇa), from Sanskrit द्विगुण (dviguṇa).

Pronunciation

Adjective

دُونا • (dūnā) (Hindi spelling दूना)

  1. double, twice
    Synonym: دُگنا (dugnā)

Declension

Declension of دونا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct دونا (dūnā) دونے (dūne) دونی (dūnī) دونی (dūnī)
indirect دونے (dūne) دونے (dūne) دونی (dūnī) دونی (dūnī)

Adverb

دُونا • (dūnā) (Hindi spelling दूना)

  1. doubly, twofold

Further reading

  • “دونا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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